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windows 10 home reinstall download How to reinstall home. The last auto update from Windows has installed Windows 10 pro on my device. Which is not activating as i have Windows 10 home digital license. Now i want to revert back to my previous version of Windows 10 home. There is no option available on website from where i can select the specific edition to download windows. Also i have tried Reset PC option(Remove everything) and reinstalled Windows, but again this Windows 10 Pro has been installed. How can i reinstall Windows 10 home on my laptop. . Subscribe Subscribe to RSS feed. Report abuse. Replies (5) Hi AA. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 year Windows MVP, and Volunteer Guardian Moderator here to you. This normally requires a Clean install but you may be able to use this downgrade which is working for many: https://answers.microsoft.com/en- us/windows/for. If not follow the illustrated steps in this link which compile the best possible Clean Install of Windows which will stay that way as long as you stick with the tools and methods given, has zero reported problems, and is better than any amount of money could buy: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki. To create bootable Windows 10 Installation Media (on another PC if necessary) install Media Creation Tool and follow the directions in the middle of the download page here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/m. Insert media, boot it by powering up PC while pressing the BIOS Boot Menu Key for your PC maker given in this chart: https://www.sysnative.com/forums/hardware-tutor. If the media won't boot you may need to enter BIOS/UEFI Setup (pressing key given in chart in link above) to turn off Fast Boot or Fast Startup first. Choose the boot device as a UEFI device if offered, then on second screen choose Install Now, then Custom Install, then the drive selection screen delete all partitions down to Unallocated Space to get it cleanest, select the Unallocated Space, click Next to let it create and the needed partitions and install - this makes it foolproof. A menu will appear to choose Home or Pro unless there is a or 10 embedded Home Product Key which will force that version to install. You will get and keep the best possible install to the exact extent you stick with the steps, tools and methods in the linked tutorial. It's a better install than any amount of money could buy and a great learning experience that will make you the master of your PC because you will learn everything that works best and how to apply it with your own hands. I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved. ______Standard Disclaimer: There are links to non-Microsoft websites. The pages appear to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the sites that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the sites before you decide to download and install it. Windows MVP 2010-20. Millions helped via my tutorials and personally in forums for 12 years. Now an Independent Advisor. How to completely restore a computer using a system image. In our Create a Windows 7 system image article we created a system image, using the built in and Restore function of Windows 7, to create a backup of your computer that will allow you to completely your files, pictures, email, and should you experience a computer “disaster”. Seems all well and good, but what do you do with this image when disaster strikes? Well, let’s get down to the nitty gritty and see how we can restore your computer to the exact state it was in when the image was created! Restoring a Windows 7 System Image. There are two scenarios that you might yourself in: 1) Windows boots, but something is way wrong. 2) Windows won’t boot and something is really way wrong. Both can be restored, but the methods are a tad bit different. Restoring a system image to a bootable computer. Click the Windows Orb to open the . Type Backup in the search box and press Enter . Wait, don’t you already have a backup? Isn’t this redundant? Well, Windows wants to backup critical files that may have changed since your system image was created. This is to ensure you don’t lose any important documents or files. It’s a wise decision to perform this backup! The window will change to allow you to choose what to backup. I suggest leaving the setting as the default “Let Windows Choose”. At this point your computer will begin rebooting. If your system image is stored on an external hard drive make sure it is connected to the computer at this point. It will not start normally, but will appear as a black screen with white lettering as it loads a special recovery program instead of the normal Windows. This is also the point where restoring a bootable and not bootable computer become the same, so you’re probably wondering why you didn’t just follow the instructions below in the first place! Well, by completing the above you have created a fresh backup of just your important files and documents, so there is less chance anything will be lost. Continue to Step #2 below to complete the recovery. Restoring a system image to a computer that won’t boot. Insert the recovery /DVD you made earlier into your CD/DVD drive and turn the computer power on. If you need a refresher or haven’t created one you can find instructions in the Create a Windows 7 System Image article. As the computer boots you will see a black screen and the words Windows is loading files along with a progress meter. Your computer and any connected drives will be scanned for system image files. Once the scan is complete you will see a window with the newest system image selected. A progress window will show how much of the process is complete. Be patient. This will take a while. If you haven’t already, you should read the article explaining how to create a system image in Windows 7. You may also be interested in the article explaining how to mount your image as a virtual hard drive allowing you to restore one or many files without returning the computer to an earlier state. About The Author. David Hartsock. 2 thoughts on “How to completely restore a Windows 7 computer using a system image” You didn’t show how to recover your computer using a system image that was stored on dvd’s,you showed how to restore only from an image stored on external hard drive. I need to know how to recover from a system image that was saved on dvd’s. David It’s nice to have the info for restoring image with plenty of images. It is clear and easy to follow. Unfornately, in step 3, I could not locate the the system image with the check box of “Select a system image” checked . That is I could not locate my 2TB portable hard drive where the system image was stored. Would you kindly tell me how to locate it? Thank you. Downgrade Windows 10 Pro to Home without Reinstall. Let us say, you have accidentally choose to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro instead of Windows 10 Home. But, now your previous activation code is not working for this version. And you don’t want to reinstall everything again. So, are you looking for a solution to downgrade from Windows 10 Pro to Home? Then you are right place, here is how to downgrade to Home without reinstalling. To know , go through this article… To downgrade Windows 10 Pro to Windows Home, follow the steps as below: Go to Windows 10 > All Control Panel Items> System There you have Windows edition (As Windows 10 Pro), click on that, you will be directed to Download Windows 10 page Now, go to Windows button, in search box regedit and run as administrator Windows will pop up message, “Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?” Just click on “Yes” Open regedit.exe and navigate to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion Now, a windows appears, change ProductName to Windows 10 Home Also, change EditionID to Core Then navigate to HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Wind​ows NT\CurrentVersion Next, change ProductName to Windows 10 Home Also, change EditionID to Core Close regedit.exe (no need to restart) Run the Windows Media Creation tool by following the procedure. Before performing any operation on Windows 10 drive, you need to have backup of data. If there is no backup and you have deleted, formatted or lost files from Windows then make use of tool. This tool comes with advanced algorithm which scans the entire drive and restores data lost when you downgrade Windows 10 Pro to Home in few simple steps. This utility provides various notable features such as: How to reinstall Windows 10. You need to know how to reinstall Windows 10, even if the is pretty indestructible. This is especially true if anything goes wrong with Windows 10 and you need to get your PC back to its glory days. Luckily, with the Windows 10 October 2018 Update, it’s never been easier to reinstall Windows 10. The operating system comes with everything you need to take charge of the situation and fix Windows 10 problems, using a combination of different tools. And, if you don’t know where to start, don’t worry: we’ll show you how to reinstall Windows 10 in a number of different ways. And, after we show you how to reinstall Windows 10, we’ll dive into a bunch of utilities that can bring your device back to life – from a simple rollback of key system files and settings, to fully reinstalling Windows 10 itself. It could be that a simple restore could do the trick, too, rather than doing a full reinstall. Check out our collection of guides on how to use Windows 10. Take a backup of Windows 10. Before you reinstall Windows 10, you should take steps to protect your saved files. Just think about all the priceless photos, home movies, important work documents and other irreplaceable files that would be lost in the event of a disaster. The good news is that backing up your files couldn't be easier, and the tools you need are provided in Windows 10 itself. When it comes to backing up your files, the File History tool is your first port of call. To access it, click Start > Settings > Update & security > Backup, then follow the step-by-step guide later on in this feature to set it up to work with your backup drive, whether that's an external USB drive, a network share or network attached drive. By default, starting with the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, Timeline automatically backs up all the content from your libraries, contacts, favorites and more. You can also rely on the File History tool on older builds of Windows 10 – if you want to back anything up with that, add any files you want to back up in one of your libraries. You can then choose ‘Exclude folders’ from the ‘More options’ screen if you want to remove certain folders from the backup. Earlier versions. Once you've got everything set up, click 'Turn on' (if it's not automatically done for you) and File History not only starts backing up your files, but backs up different versions of them, too, giving you the option to roll back through your files to earlier revisions, which can be really useful. There are two ways to recover your files. Firstly, if you want to restore lost or accidentally deleted files, click 'Restore files from a current backup' in the 'More options' section of File History. From here, you can browse your by location or library, or search for specific content. It's just as simple to restore an earlier version of a file. Browse for it in an Explorer window, select the file in question and click the 'History' button on the Home tab of the ribbon to see a list of previous versions of the file, before restoring the one you want. When it comes to backing up other key settings and files, the guide opposite has all the tips, tools and tricks to keep all aspects of your PC safe. Back up your files online. As anyone who's experienced a hardware failure will know, you can never have too many backups. So even after using File History to back up your files, you should explore another option, just in case. We recommend using an online backup, because it means there's a of your files stored in a separate physical location for your extra protection. The obvious for Windows 10 users is to use the free OneDrive desktop app, which enables you to sync up to 35GB of files to the cloud for absolutely nothing. You'll find it on your Start screen – just click (or tap) on the OneDrive to launch it. If you need more storage space, you can purchase additional gigabytes in the 'Manage storage > Upgrade' area of OneDrive online. 1. Back up your settings. If you log on to your Windows 10 PC using your , you can take advantage of Windows' built-in Sync Your Settings feature. Although this tool is designed to synchronise personal settings across your Windows devices, it also serves as a backup for key preferences so you don't have to set them up again should disaster strike. Make sure 'Sync Your Settings' is on and choose the settings you wish to back up – to do this open Settings from the Start menu, select 'Accounts' followed by 'Sync your settings'. You'll find switches to turn the feature on and off, and you can also exclude settings from the backup, such as passwords or browser settings. 2. Take a drive image. Having a backup of your entire system enables you to quickly restore your PC to exactly how it once was when you reinstall Windows 10. Windows 10 has a built-in drive image tool, but you can get better, more efficient results with Macrium Reflect Free. There are two basic back-up options, but we're going to choose 'Create an image of the partition(s) required to Windows'. Make sure the correct drives have been selected, then click the '. ' button next to 'Folder' to select a location on your back-up drive. Finally, click 'Finish > OK' and the backup will be created. Once complete, check that the backup is not corrupt by switching to the Restore tab and clicking 'Verify image' next to it. Finally, select 'Other tasks > Create rescue media' to create a Macrium recovery disc or USB drive. 3. Create rescue media. A recovery USB flash drive lets you access essential repair and recovery options that can save the day if your PC or tablet fails to boot. If your Windows 10 device has a recovery partition, you can store that on the drive, too. A basic recovery drive without a recovery partition requires a 256MB USB flash drive, but you'll need a drive at least 4GB in size if you plan to make a backup of the recovery partition, too (which is recommended). To create the drive, plug in your USB flash drive, then type the word recovery into the search box. Select the 'Create a recovery drive' option under 'Settings', then follow the prompts to create your recovery stick. After the process has finished, select the option to delete the recovery partition only if you're low on storage space. How to reinstall Windows 10 from the cloud. You can now refresh Windows 10 from the cloud if your local OS image isn't available or working right. You've run into a problem with a Windows 10 computer and you'd like to try resetting it to see if that fixes the issue. With past versions of Windows 10, you were forced to reinstall Windows from your PC. Normally, that process should work fine, but if the local Windows image ever got damaged or corrupted, you'd be out of luck. SEE: Windows 10 Start menu hacks (TechRepublic Premium) More about Windows. With the Windows 10 May 2020 Update (aka ), you can reinstall Windows from the cloud as an alternative to a local reinstallation. As this option downloads a fresh copy of Windows from the cloud, you don't have to worry about reliability issues. Let's cover the steps. First, you'll need the Windows 10 May 2020 Update. To check, go to Settings and then select System. Scroll to the bottom of the System screen and select About. If the Windows version says 2004 or higher, you're all set. If not, go to Update & Security and then to to see if the Feature update to Windows 10, version 2004 appears. If so, and you wish to update, click the Download And Install link. Now, let's say a point has come when Windows isn't behaving or working properly and you believe your only recourse is to reset your PC. Go to Settings and then Update & Security. Select the setting for Recover and then click the Get Started button ( Figure A ). Figure A. At the next screen to choose an option, select the option to Keep My Files, assuming you want to keep all your personal files ( Figure B ). Figure B. Note: This option will remove your installed apps and customized settings. The next screen asks how you would like to reinstall Windows. Select the option for Cloud Download ( Figure C ). You will need at least 4GB of free space--and probably more--for this option to work. Figure C. At the next screen, confirm your settings and click Next ( Figure D ). Figure D. The next screen tells you what resetting the PC will do. Click Reset ( Figure E ). Figure E. The refresh of Windows will now download. Your PC then automatically restarts and runs the reset process. After Windows has been reset, you're placed at the Lock Screen and then the login screen where you can sign in to see your familiar desktop. You should also open the Removed Apps HTML file on the desktop to see which apps were lost and may need to be reinstalled ( Figure F ). Figure F. Microsoft Weekly Newsletter. Be your company's Microsoft insider by reading these Windows and Office tips, tricks, and cheat sheets. Delivered Mondays and Wednesdays.